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No. 6l6,254. Patented Dec. 20, I898. E. S. PHILIPS.

PORTABLY MOUNTED ROCK GRUSHER.

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No. 6l6,254. Patented Dec. 20, I898.

- E. S. PHILIPS.

PORTABLY MOUNTED ROCK CRUSHER.

(A lmtic filed Dec. 16', 1897.)

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THE Noam PEYERS co. mmrau'ma, WASHINGTON. u. c.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDYVIN S. PHILIPS, OF KENNETT SQUARE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN ROAD MACHINE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

PORTABLY-MOUN TED ROCK-CRUSHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 616,254, dated December 20, 1898.

Application filed December 16, 1897. Serial No. 662,148. (No model.)

To (tZZ whom it away concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN S. PHILIPS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ken- 'nett Square, in the county of Chester and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Portably-Mounted Rock-Crushers, of which the following, together with the accompanying drawings, is a specification sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable persons skilled in the art to which this invention appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to the peculiar construction and arrangement of the mechanisms in a portable rock-crushing plant and the combination thereof with the traveling appliances in a manner to afford ready and convenient application of the machine for efficient working or for transition from place to place.

One object of my present invention is to provide a portable mount for a rock crusher, elevator, and delivery chute or screen which will permit the crusher to be carried low down or quite near the ground and deposit its crushed product into the buckets at the lower end of the elevator without the necessity of digging a hole in the ground to afford space for the swing of the elevator-buckets beneath the crusher or otherwise requiring the raising of the crusher for giving suitable clearance of the buckets, makingits height inconvenient for feeding rocks into the crusherjaws.

Another object is to provide a portablymounted rock-crusher mechanism with facilities for conveniently lowering its carryingframe and crusher in relation to the travelingwheel centers or axle, so that the machine can be rested upon temporary bed' sills or timbers laid on the ground beneath it for giving a substantial bed-support when desired instead of operating the crusher with its weight supported on the axles and wheels; also, to afford efficient means, in combination with the carrier-frame and axle, for readily raising the carrier-frame and mechanism for support and carriage by the traveling wheels.

Another object is to provide support for the elevator that will facilitate transportation without removal from its position in relation to the crusher and carriage; also, to render the apparatus compact, safe, and efficient for transportation and use and of a durable and desirable construction and arrangementin its details, as more fully hereinafter explained.

In the drawings,-Figure l is a plan view of a portably-mounted rock-crushing plant in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the rear carriage-axle. Fig. 3 is a side elevation View in which the near traveling wheels are omitted the better to show the carrying-frame and supporting mechanism. Fig. 4. is a transverse vertical section in rear of the axle, and Fig. 5 is a rear end view showing the machine as lowered to rest upon a transverse sill or timber placed under the carrier-frame.

Referring to parts, A indicates the bed or carrier-frame, composed of two longitudinal beams disposed at suitable distances apart and connected with each other by transombars and tie-bolts and having attached to their fore ends the arch-irons or curved bars a, that are joined at their extremities with the pintle-connecting end block or rockerplate A, all rigidly united and forming the carriage-body whereonthe working mechanism is mounted, in the manner hereinafter set forth.

B indicates the rear axle, having the wheels W on the ends thereof, and B the front axle, having the wheels W- on its ends, said front axle provided with the raised pintle-plate E, adapted for attachment of the tongue or pole E and forming a swivel-seat, on which the part A at the front end of the carriage-frame is supported and swiveled by means of the upwardly-projecting stud e that enters an opening formed in the plate A.

0 indicates the rock-crusher mechanism, se cured upon the front ends of the two longitudinal carrier-beams that respectively underlie and support the opposite sides or feet of said crusher, the jaws of which are disposed at the position indicated by dotted lines, Fig.

3, its operating-shaft C transverse to the machine, and its fly-wheels C and 0 adapted to run as pulleys at the opposite sides of the carrier-frame, substantially as shown. The crushing-jaws are arranged to deliver their crushed product centrally between the side beams A.

The crusher mechanism may in its detail be of any suitable construction and operation and is not of itself claimed as of my invention. A rock-crusher of the class described in Letters Patent No. 458,470 is suitable for the purposes of the present illustration, and such form is shown in the drawings.

D indicates the elevator, comprising the side frames D and train of buckets d, that pass around the guide-wheel g and operatingwheel G at the respective ends of the elevator. The elevator-frame is at or near its lower end secured centrally between the carrier-beams A by a rod or pivot-bolts at I and from thence extends upward and rearward in an oblique direction, its lower end being located so that the train of bucket-s will turn upward beneath a short spout or deflector 5, fixed beneath the crusher-jaws, and receive the product as it drops therefrom. The elevator has very little projection below the bot tom level of the carriage-beams, the lower guide-wheel g having its axis higher than the bottom line of said beams, and the space required for the downward sweep of the buckets is considerably less than the distance between the bottom of the carrier-frame and surface of the ground when the machine is standing normally upon its travelingwheels.

F F indicate two upright standards respectively secured to the rear ends of the beams which form the carrier-bed and afiording lateral and upright support for the high part of the elevator D. Said standards are slightly inclined toward each other (see Fig. 5) and are oppositely notched, as atf, to receive and sustain the elevator-frames D, to which they are secured by a fastener or bolt m. Strong braces 11 extend from the upright standards F to the upper part of the rock-crusherframe, and the ends of said braces are rigidly secured to the respective parts, as indicated.

J indicates a rod or shaft arranged in bearings 6, fixed on the standards F at about midheight and carrying at one end a pulley K and sprocket-wheel L and at its other end provided with an adjustable collar J, that fits against the bearing opposite the pulleyhub and retains the shaft against endwise play and also confines the uprights F against lateral spreading. A belt K connects the pulley K with a pulley K on the crusher-operating shaft 0, and a drive-chain L connects the sprocket-wheel L with a sprocket-wheel G of larger diameter fixed on the shaft that carries the elevator-operating wheel G, thereby afiording means for the transmission of power and motion from the crusher-actuating shaft to the elevator mechanism.

H indicates an inclined delivery chute or screen attached to the upper end of the elevator at m for receiving the broken-rock product from. the elevator-buckets. It is held extended outward by braces M in a manner to deliver the material from its end into a cart or other receptacle stationed beneath the same. The height of the end of the chute or screen is such that a cart or wagon can be conveniently driven under it when the machine is at work. If desired, the elevator can be made to deliver the product into bins.

N indicates a table or platform supported upon the bars 11 adjacent to the mouth of the crusher and serving as a position for receiving and from which to feed rocks into the crusher-jaws, also forming a guard over the lower part of the elevator and for preventing rocks thrown from a cart to the crusher from accidentally falling upon the buckets.

The carrier-frame A in its connection with the axle B of the rear traveling wheels is arranged to be vertically adjustable in relation to the axle or wheel centers and is provided with means for affecting such adjustment in a ready and economical manner, so that the weight and support of the carrier-frame,with the crusher and elevator mechanisms mounted thereon, can at any time be quickly and practically dropped and transferred from the axle and traveling wheels to a blocking, sill, or timbers T, placed on the ground transversely beneath the carrier-frame, as shown on Fig. 5 and indicated by dotted lines on Fig. 3, or again quickly raised from said hedtimbers to the wheels, as desired. For this purpose I preferably provide vertically-slotted housings P, attached to the beams A and within which the axle B is arranged, endwise displacement of the axle being prevented by shoulders I) or an enlargement on a portion of the axle by an attached piece Z), as shown in Fig. 2. The housings and axle are adapted for vertical adjustment relatively and adjusting means, as screws R, are combined with the housings, which screws impinge on the axle and sustain the parts in their adjusted relation. The screws are best provided with an open head and lever r, arranged therethrough, for turning the screw to eifect the desired adjustment. Ahook ac, fixed to the elevator-frame, serves as a support for the end of the screw-operatinglever when not in use, (see Fig. 3,) which makesa lock for the screw and keeps it from turning, said lever being best made with a loop to engage with the hook.

The front end of the mount or carriage can be readily lowered onto a blocking or bedtimber, if desired, by simply raising the tongue or draft-pole E in the direction indicated by the arrow on Fig. pintle-stud eis formed on the plate E in rear of the central axial plane of the wheel-centers, so that the pole serves as a lever, with the wheels WV as a fulcrum-support, for lowering or raising the fore end of the carrierframe to or from the timber sill T and for unlocking or inserting the pintle-stud in the opening of the end plate A, and thereby disengaging or connecting the front runninggear with the carrier-frame, as required.

For passing under low bridges and similar For this the obstructions when in transit the elevator D can be lowered so as to rest upon the counter-shaft J. To effect such an adjustment of the elevator-frame, the collar J is moved outward on the shaft J, so that the standards F can be slightly spread apart, the bolts m are removed from the sides of the elevatorframe, and the standards are then slightly separated at the top sufficiently to clear the shoulders f. The elevator-frame can then pass down between them, swinging on its front pivot I. Reversal of this operation again puts the elevator in normal working position The machine can be conveniently hauled to the place where required for use and there put into operating condition with less trouble and delay than is usually required in the starting of rock-crushers. Likewise the pre liminaries for the removal of the machine to another location can be performed with proportionalquickness and with comparatively littlelabor. Powerforoperatingthemachine can be supplied in usual manner from a portable engine by a belt on pulley C or C Dotted lines J 5 and K Fig. 3, indicate a location and support of the counter-shaft and pulleys upon the elevator frame. In such case J would be a plain rod.

Among the advantages incident to the construction of the apparatus as described it will be noticed that the center of gravity is low down. Hence the crusher can be operated Without creating an excessive shaking of the machinery. This attainment is of much practical benefit, as shaking is liable to cause the belts and sprocket-chains to run off while in action. The machine can be easily and quickly set upon the sills T, if desired, or be used while standing on the wheels. The elevator is rigidly supported in the mounting, both against lateral sway and vertically, by the standard F, and it can be conveniently lowered, as described, while supported laterally by and in the standard-frame. The elevator is close and compact with the crusher devices, and no excavation is required beneath the machine for obtaining space for the lower turn of the buckets.

Inasmuch as the mounting of rock-crushing mechanism upon traveling wheels has been heretofore practiced, it will be understood that I do not broadly claim such feature as of my invention; but my claim is for the improved construction and combinations in mechanism of this class specifically as defined.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a portably mounted rock crusher mechanism, in combination as described, a carrying-frame provided with carriage axles and wheels, said frame consisting of two longitudinal carrier-beams suitably united with the pintle-block, the rock-crusher seated at its respective sides upon the forward portion of the respective carrier-beams, its working jaws and delivery rearward, an upright standard attached to and rising from the rear end of each of said carrier-beams, the upper part of said standards fitted with seats for the elevator-frame thereon,the upward, rearwardlyinclined elevator-frame in central-longitudinal alinement with said crusher and carryingframe, and having its lower end secured between the carrier-beams adj acently below the crusher by a transverse rod or pivot, the upper part of said elevator-frame embraced between and by the seating-faces of said standards, and removable fastenings for rigidly securing the same, the elevator-bucket train mounted on suitable guide-rolls upon said frame, the train-operating wheel and shaft at the top end of the elevator-frame, the intermediately-disposed counter-shaft,its sprocket and pulley thereon, and the connecting belts or chains for operating said elevator mechanism, all constructed and organized substantially as set forth.

2. In a portable mechanism of the character specified, comprising the carrying-frame pivotally mounted at its front end upon the rocker-plate of the front axle, and having the rock-crusher, the rear supporting-standards and the upward rearwardly-inclined elevatorframe fixed thereon all in central longitudinal alinement, as described; the combination of the two carrier-beams, an upwardly-standing transversely-slotted housing fixed upon each of said carrier-beams between the elevator-foot and the rear support-standard, the carriage-axle extending through the housingslots, non-rotatable but vertically adjustable therein, and having an enlargement whereby.

it is confined from endwise displacement, be= tween the sides of the opposite housings, the rear traveling wheels running on the ends of said axle, the adjusting-screws threaded in the top of said housings with their ends im= pinging upon said axle, and means for turning and locking said screws, all substantially as shown and described. I

3. In combination with the bed or carrier frame having the rock-crushing mechanism and elevator mechanism thereon, of the front bearing-neck having its end block provided with a hole or opening, the front axle carrying the tongue-attaching pintle-plate provided with an upwardly-projecting knob or stud that enters said opening as a pintle, said stud disposed in rear of the vertical central plane of the axle; said parts adapted to permit the tongue to be used as a lever for raising or depressing the fore end of the machine, or detaching the axle-support, as and forthe purpose set forth.

L In a portably-mounted rock crusher and elevator, the combination with the carrier frame, the rock-crusher with crushing-jaws,

elevator-bucket train and its supporting frame; and the upright standards with bars H extending from said standards to the crusher-frame; of the feed-platform N secured upon said bars adjacent to the crusher-mouth,

and forming a guard for the lower part of the elevator, substantially as set forth.

5. In a portably-inounted rock-crushing mechanism, comprising" a Wheeled carrier, a crusher and an elevator mechanism supported in relation to the carrier, as described, the combination, with the carrier-frame and the elevator frame pivotally attached thereto near its lower end, of the oppositely-disposed elevator supporting standards F having shoulders f, the counter-shaft J arranged in bearings fixed at mid-height on said standards, the adjustable collar J on said shaft, and the removable fastenings m, said parts adapted for adjustment and support of the elevator-frame, substantially as set forth.

\Vitness my hand this 6th day of December, 1897.

- EDWIN S. PHILIPS. \Vitnessesz.

W. K. W ALDRON, S. J ONES PHILIPS. 

